EP0443542B1 - Procédé pour la préparation de polyesters à partir d'acides hydroxycarboxyliques - Google Patents

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EP0443542B1
EP0443542B1 EP91102413A EP91102413A EP0443542B1 EP 0443542 B1 EP0443542 B1 EP 0443542B1 EP 91102413 A EP91102413 A EP 91102413A EP 91102413 A EP91102413 A EP 91102413A EP 0443542 B1 EP0443542 B1 EP 0443542B1
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08G—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G63/00—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain of the macromolecule
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    • C08G63/00—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain of the macromolecule
    • C08G63/02—Polyesters derived from hydroxycarboxylic acids or from polycarboxylic acids and polyhydroxy compounds
    • C08G63/06—Polyesters derived from hydroxycarboxylic acids or from polycarboxylic acids and polyhydroxy compounds derived from hydroxycarboxylic acids

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  • the present invention relates to a process for producing polyesters based on hydroxycarboxylic acids, in particular ⁇ - or ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids or their oligomers, in accordance with the following reaction scheme wherein R, R 'and R''independently of one another are an alkyl radical and / or hydrogen, preferably a lower alkyl radical with 1-6 C atoms and / or hydrogen and particularly preferably a methyl group and / or hydrogen and x and m as well as n integers - where m> n and x can also be zero - can mean.
  • Alkyl generally represents an unbranched or branched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which may optionally be substituted by one or more halogen atoms, preferably fluorine, which may be the same or different from one another, with lower alkyl radicals being preferred.
  • Lower alkyl generally represents a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Examples include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, hexyl, isohexyl, heptyl, isoheptyl, octyl and isooctyl.
  • triphosgene bis (trichloromethyl) carbonate
  • Pyridine or pyridine derivatives are used as acylation catalysts, pyridine or dialkylaminopyridines, as are known from the literature [G. Höfle, W. Steglich and H. Vorbrüggen, Angew. Chem. 90 (1978) 602] are preferred. Pyridine and 4-dialkylaminopyridines are particularly preferably used. Pyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 4-pyrrolidinopiperidine [W. Steglich and G. Höfle, Angew. Chem. 81 (1969) 1001] and 4-piperidinopyridine.
  • polyesters based on hydroxycarboxylic acids in particular of ⁇ - or ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids - especially of lactic acid and / or glycolic acid:
  • polyesters with a low molecular weight are accessible by means of such polycondensation reactions [C.H. Holten, Lactic Acid, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1971, p. 225 ff].
  • ion exchangers as condensation catalysts is said to enable the production of polymers with a molecular weight of approximately 35,000 [EP 26 599].
  • polyesters The second approach to such polyesters is the ring-opening polymerization of the corresponding lactides (dilactones). So far, only polymers or copolymers with a molecular weight of MW> 35,000 can be produced in this way.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a process for the preparation of polyesters based on hydroxycarboxylic acids, in particular ⁇ - or ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids, which allows the production of such polyesters with a high molecular weight.
  • linking reagents such as CDI, triphosgene or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide - in esterification reactions is known per se from the prior art [J. Ff March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York 1985, pp 348th and zit.
  • the polycondensation reaction itself can be carried out in the melt or in an inert solvent which does not adversely affect the course of the reaction.
  • Suitable solvents are, for example, those solvents which are usually used in polycondensation reactions, which include, inter alia, halogenated hydrocarbons - such as dichloromethane or trichloromethane - or ethers - such as tetrahydrofuran.
  • the desired molar mass can be controlled by varying the reaction conditions - temperature, reaction time, molar ratio of monomer or oligomer to transacylation catalyst and in particular of auxiliary or linking reagent to monomer or oligomer.
  • linking reagent is necessary.
  • an excess of linking reagent - compared to the use of correspondingly purer starting materials - may be necessary.
  • phosgene or triphosgene are used as linking reagents
  • the purification of the polycondensation product (in particular the separation of low molecular weight reaction products or reacted reactants and also linking reagent) is carried out using the purification processes known from the prior art.
  • Hydroxycarboxylic acids - in particular ⁇ - or ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids of the same or different constitution - such as e.g. L-lactic acid, D-lactic acid. Mixtures of D- and L-lactic acid and glycolic acid - or their oligomers and co-oligomers - used.
  • the degree of condensation (degree of polymerization) can be varied within a wide range and lie between 1 and approximately 1000. A degree of condensation between 10 and 100 is preferred.
  • block polymers such as e.g. Di- or triblock polymers or multiblock polymers.
  • Multiblock polymers of L-lactide and D, L-lactide and / or D-lactide may be mentioned as examples.
  • the length of the corresponding block in the resulting copolymer can thus be influenced by the appropriate choice of the degree of polymerization of the starting materials. This measure can be used to influence the characteristics of the polycondensation product. End group modification, ie by blocking the terminal hydroxyl or the terminal carboxyl group of the prepolymers, also opens up the possibility of producing diblock polycondensation products.
  • the process according to the invention differs in that polycondensation products with higher molecular weights can be produced, which makes polymers accessible which can otherwise only be produced by ring-opening polymerization.
  • the process according to the invention has the advantage that it enables a much simpler and therefore more economical method for removing the linking reagent.
  • the reaction product is therefore completely free of metal compounds.
  • the process according to the invention is a priori superior to those based on the polymerization of lactides, since the oligomers (from which the lactides required to carry out the polymerization first have to be prepared) can be used directly as starting materials in the process according to the invention.
  • the method according to the invention enables the production of "random" polycondensates in which there is actually a statistical distribution of, for example, the lactic acid and glycolic acid units, while the polymerization of, for example, glycolide and lactide, due to the higher reactivity of the glycolide, leads to the risk that in the polymer - undesirably - glycolide blocks can occur.
  • the viscosity given in the examples was determined in 0.1% solution in chloroform at 25 degrees Celsius.

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  1. Procédé de préparation de polyesters à base d'acides hydroxycarboxyliques selon le schéma réactionnel suivant
    Figure imgb0004
    dans lequel R, R' et R'' peuvent représenter indépendamment les uns des autres un reste alkyle et/ou l'hydrogène et
    x et m ainsi que n peuvent représenter des nombres entiers, avec m > n et
    x peut aussi être nul,
    caractérisé en ce que la réaction de condensation est conduite en présence de phosgène, de diphosgène ou de triphosgène.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la réaction se déroule en présence d'un catalyseur d'acylation.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise une 4-dialkylaminopyridine comme catalyseur d'acylation.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise la 4-diméthylaminopyridine comme catalyseur d'acylation.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise la 4-pipéridinopyridine comme catalyseur d'acylation.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise la 4-pyrrolidinopyridine comme catalyseur d'acylation.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise des acides α-hydroxycarboxyliques et/ou leurs oligomères.
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise des acides β-hydroxycarboxyliques et/ou leurs oligomères.
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise des acides α- et β- hydroxycarboxyliques et/ou leurs oligomères.
  10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise l'acide glycolique et/ou ses oligomères.
  11. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise l'acide lactique sous forme d'acide D- et/ou L-lactique et/ou ses oligomères.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'on utilise l'acide glycolique et l'acide lactique sous forme d'acide D- et/ou L-lactique et/ou leurs oligomères.
  13. Utilisation du phosgène, du diphosgène ou du triphosgène comme réactifs de liaison lors de la préparation de polyesters à base d'acides hydroxycarboxyliques.
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